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Author Castillo-Muñoz, Verónica, author

Title The other California : land, identity and politics on the Mexican borderlands / Verónica Castillo-Muñoz
Published Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]
©2016

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Description 1 online resource
Series Western histories ; 9
Western histories ; 9.
Contents Introduction: the Mexican borderlands -- Building the Mexican borderlands -- The making of Baja California's multicultural society -- Revolution, labor unions, and early movements for land reform in Baja California 1910-1930 -- "Land and liberty": conflict, land reform, and repatriation in the Mexicali Valley, 1930-1940 -- Mexicali's exceptionalism -- Conclusion: the "all Mexican" train
Summary "The Other California is the story of working-class communities and how they constituted the racially and ethnically diverse landscape of Baja California. Packed with new and transformative stories, the book examines the interplay of land reform and migratory labor on the peninsula from 1850 to 1954, as governments, foreign investors, and local communities shaped a vibrant and dynamic borderland alongside the booming cities of Tijuana, Mexicali, and Santa Rosalia. Migration and intermarriage between Mexican women and men from Asia, Europe, and the United States transformed Baja California into a multicultural society. Mixed-race families extended across national borders, forging new local communities, labor relations, and border politics"--Provided by publisher
Analysis 1800s
1900s
19th century
20th century
baja
border politics
california
community
early 20th century
ethnic diversity
ethnicity
government
immigration
intermarriage
land reform
mexicali
mexican immigrants
mexico
migrant farmers
migrant workers
migration
migratory labor
mixed race
multicultural
race
racial diveresity
racism
santa rosalia
southern california
tijuana
transformation
true story
working class
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Land reform -- Mexico -- Baja California (Peninsula) -- History
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Land reform
Social conditions
Ethnische Identität
Einwanderung
SUBJECT Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula) -- History
Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula) -- Social conditions -- History
Mexican-American Border Region -- History
Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula) -- Social conditions
Subject Mexico -- Baja California (Peninsula)
North America -- Mexican-American Border Region
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780520966727
0520966724